Given the Chance Jobs Victoria Employment Program

Our innovative program works with employers to create employment pathways for people who are unemployed and disadvantaged.

Our Given the Chance Jobs Victoria employment program is a service for disadvantaged jobseekers, who live in large parts of Melbourne's western, northern and south-eastern suburbs, and on the Mornington Peninsula. Disadvantaged jobseekers include:

people seeking asylum

people from a refugee background

people unemployed for more than six months

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people

mature age people (aged 50+)

retrenched workers

young people aged 15-24 (not engaged in education, training or employment)

youth justice clients

sole parents

people with disability

social housing tenants

ex-offenders

veterans and/or their families

people experiencing homelessness

people on low incomes.

Jobseekers receive one to one assistance to create an employment pathway with a focus on developing new skills and renewing confidence.

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